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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dull as Drama (Not the Kind You Want) Comes to Axie
20.10.2022
Bitcoin trades flat around $19K (with the lowest volatility in two years), while Axie tumbles amid news of token unlocking. PLUS: Analyst Glenn Williams Jr. urges caution when interpreting bitcoin’s MVRV Z-score. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today's crypto...
DeFi Exchange Mango's $114M Exploit Was 'Market Manipulation,' Not a Hack, Ex-FBI Special Agent Says
20.10.2022
Chris Tarbell, co-founder boutique investigative firm NAXO, discusses why the $114 million exploit of Mango Markets was more about market manipulation, rather than hacking
Ecosystem Growth, Not Prices, Tells the Real Crypto Story
20.10.2022
An increasing number of positive narratives around crypto and blockchain technology have emerged in the recent years, but current prices do not reflect the growth. Regulation and risk-appetite could be what's needed to turn things around
South Korean Police Have Seized $1.3m in Crypto in 2022, Critics Say It’s Not Enough
19.10.2022
South Korean police have seized $1.3 million worth of crypto in criminal investigations so far this year, official numbers have revealed.
According to Segye Ilbo, the figure is just a small fraction (1.4%) of the total $92 million worth of assets seized by officers in criminal...
Sims 4 Update Will Make Babies Actual People, Not Objects
19.10.2022
During today’s Sims Summit EA showed a glimpse of an upcoming update that seems to give infants far more autonomy. During the event’s “one more thing” moment, a few brief seconds were dedicated to showing off a crawling infant who’s quickly picked up by their mother. Family life just got a little...
Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon Still Says He's Not on the Run
18.10.2022
Terra's controversial co-founder Do Kwon has denied claims that he is on the run from law enforcement, despite Interpol issuing a Red Notice for his arrest
'Not even a single TX has been censored on ETH' — Cyber Capital founder
18.10.2022
Bons noted that even with 50% OFAC compliance among Ethereum validators, blocks will still be produced within 30 seconds
Fed Pivot May Not Bring Immediate Relief to Bitcoin
17.10.2022
Traders planning to buy bitcoin on the first hint of the so-called Fed pivot may want to consider the tendency of stocks to drop more after the central bank kicks off the easing cycle
Despite Significant Difficulty and Low BTC Price, Bitcoin’s Hashrate Continues to Climb Higher
16.10.2022
Following the largest difficulty increase the Bitcoin network has seen in 2022, the network’s hashrate has not been affected by the 13.55% increase. In fact, five days ago at block height 758,138, the network’s computational power surpassed the all-time high (ATH) recorded on October...
Strategist at Southeast Asia’s Largest Bank DBS Says Bitcoin Is Unique Regardless of Price
15.10.2022
An investment strategist at Southeast Asia’s largest bank, DBS, says bitcoin is unique whether the price changes or not. “If we just look purely on a price basis, you will see a lot of volatility and that doesn’t inform you a lot about what benefits it actually brings,”...
Fed governor Waller says US CBDC would not enhance things the world loves about US fiat
14.10.2022
The U.S. and the world benefit from the primacy of the U.S. dollar in the world economy, but it is stablecoin, not a CBDC, that will enhance the fiat’s place, according to Waller
Argentina Introduces New Exchange Rates to the Mix — ‘Qatar’ and ‘Coldplay’ Dollars Go Against IMF’s Warnings
14.10.2022
The government of Argentina, which is currently applying dollar exchange controls, has added two new dollar exchange rates into its arsenal: the “Qatar” and “Coldplay” dollars. However, Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made...
Bitcoin Is Macro, but Not ‘Correlated’ in the Way You Think
14.10.2022
We tend to use the two terms (macro and correlation) without understanding what they mean
Industry exec explains why NFT fraud protection falls on brand and not marketplaces
14.10.2022
Brands that issue NFTs should hold the greatest responsibility to protect themselves and potential investors from fraud, an NFT security executive suggested
Time to switch from LinkedIn to MetaMask? Not yet, but soon
13.10.2022
Thanks to NFTs, crypto wallets will soon enable users to prove their credentials without using third-party background checks
Some Things I Took Away From An Event Apart 2022 in Denver
13.10.2022
An Event Apart 2022 Denver wrapped up yesterday. And while I was unable to make it to all three days this time, I did catch yesterday’s action — and it was awesome. I’m not very social or outgoing, but …
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A Pure CSS Gallery Focus Effect with :not
13.10.2022
Oftentimes in the past, I needed to figure out how to add styles to all elements inside the container but not the hovered one.
Demo of the expected “fade-out” effect on siblings to let users “focus” on a particular element.…
A Pure CSS Gallery Focus Effect with :not...
Crypto Exchanges Still Available to Russians Despite Latest EU Sanctions, Report Unveils
13.10.2022
A list of crypto exchanges, including global platforms, have not introduced new restrictions on Russian users after the EU’s most recent sanctions round, Russian crypto media reported. The latest European penalties target an array of crypto-related services to increase pressure on Russia amid...
Ripple CEO Anticipates Answer in SEC Lawsuit Over XRP in the First Half of 2023
13.10.2022
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says he thinks “we’ll have an answer in the first half of next year” in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit over xrp. Maintaining that xrp is not a security, the executive stressed that the case “is about the whole...
Devere CEO Expects Further Volatility in Crypto Market Before Year-End — Says Savvy Investors Will Benefit From Panic Sellers
13.10.2022
The CEO of Devere Group, a financial advisory and asset management firm, anticipates further volatility in the crypto market before year-end. However, he stressed that “for serious investors, this will not necessarily be seen as a bad thing,” noting that “Savvy, long-term crypto...